What are the secondary ramifications of the terrorist bombing of an airliner? AL Monitor‘s Menna Farouk reports on the losses to Egypt after the crash of Russian Airbus A321 after it took off from the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh:
Before the revolution, the country received nearly 15 million tourists a year. However, the downing of a Russian jet that took off from the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in October 2015 has prompted foreign holidaymakers to book their vacation elsewhere.
According to data released by the Ministry of Tourism, Egypt incurred monthly losses of 3.2 billion Egyptian pounds ($198 million) directly and indirectly after the bombing of the Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula. Following the deadly incident, several foreign countries, including Russia, the UK and Germany, imposed travel bans on flights to Sharm el-Sheikh.
